COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERPRETATION OF GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC DATA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPE 5008 INTERPRETATION OF GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC DATA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENOL ÖZYALIN

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an inside understanding of gravity and magnetic data analysis, interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomaly maps and forward and inverse modelling with a theoretical and practical understanding of the main techniques in geophysics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability to define the gravity and magnetic data,
2   The ability to analyse to the gravity and magnetic data,
3   The ability of interpretation to the gravity and magnetic anomaly maps,
4   The ability of application for the forward and inverse modelling techniques,
5   The ability to evaluate to the results together with the geology of the study area,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition, basic principles and theoretical considerations of gravity and magnetic data
2 Gravity and magnetic measurements and corrections
3 Gravity and magnetic data analysis and the basic principles and methods on separation of regional-residual anomalies
4 Qualitative interpretation of gravity and magnetic data and the principles
5 Two-dimensional analytical solution methods of gravity and magnetic anomalies and the applications
6 Two-dimensional gravity and magnetic modeling process and applications
7 Two and three dimensional inversion principles
8 Two-dimensional inversion of gravity and magnetic data and applications
9 Three-dimensional analytical solution methods of gravity and magnetic anomalies and applications
10 Three-dimensional gravity and magnetic modeling process and applications
11 Three-dimensional inversion of gravity and magnetic data, and applications
12 Optimization of two- and three-dimensional gravity and magnetic data with metaheuristic methods and applications
13 Evaluation of gravity and magnetic anomalies with boundary analysis methods and applications
14 Interpretation and analysis of gravity and magnetic anomaly maps and evaluation of anomaly maps related with the geology of study area

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1-Richard J. Blakely, "Potential Theory in Gravity and Magnetic Application", Cambridge
Univ. Press, 1995.
2-P.S. Naidu and M.P. Mathew, "Analysis of Geophysical Potential Fields", Elsevier, 1998.
3-I.V. Radhakrinha Murthy, "Gravity and Magnetic Interpretation in Exploration Geophysics", Geological Society of India, 1998.
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
Materials: Articles related with the course content

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course shall be given as lecture, class presentations and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework Assignments: 25 % LO-2, LO-3, LO-4
Mid-term Exam: 25 % LO-2, LO-3, LO-4
Final Exam: 50 % LO-1, LO-2, LO-3, LO-4, LO-5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Şenol ÖZYALIN
Dokuz Eylul University
Engineering Faculty
Department of Geophysical Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus
35160 Buca-Izmir
E-mail: senol.ozyalin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday :09.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 4 8 32
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.154321
LO.254321
LO.354123
LO.445123
LO.554123

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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